sittine

English

Etymology

From New Latin sitta (“the nuthatch”), from Ancient Greek σίττη (síttē, “nuthatch”) + -ine.

Adjective

sittine (not comparable)

  1. (zoology, dated) Of or relating to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of H. G. Adams to this entry?)
    • 1846, William MacGillivray, British Ornithology (page 216)
      SITTINE BIRDS, OR NUTHATCHES. Birds of small size, having the body short and compact, […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sittine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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